Category: Editorials

Look in your own backyard too, sir!

   By Vijay Darda | 22-09-2025 Why is India in the list of drug trafficking countries? And will America set up a military base in Bangladesh? Over the past week, several issues have been weighing on my mind. I analysed them deeply and many concerns arose. The tariff war was already there, but now India has been placed in the

Nepal, a victim of conspiracies

   By Vijay Darda | 15-09-2025 Great powers want to keep the land of the brave in their grip, a major challenge for India Twenty-four years on, Nepal’s royal massacre still raises unanswered questions: Why did Crown Prince Dipendra gun down nine of his royal family members, including his father King Birendra and mother Queen Aishwarya, before turning the weapon

Ram and Krishna Katha contain perpetual nectar

   By Vijay Darda | 08-09-2025 Our youths can learn a great deal from Ramcharitmanas & Shrimad Bhagavad There is an interesting reference in the mythological beliefs. One day, Maharshi Valmiki asked Narad ji if there existed a person on Earth who was the very embodiment of all virtues, one who could truly be called Maryada Purushottam, the supreme man

China’s move… dictator’s fortune!

   By Vijay Darda | 01-09-2025 Why did North Korea’s eccentric dictator Kim Jong Un get an invitation to Beijing parade? Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached China via Japan. Our relations with Japan have always been excellent. Japan’s outlook towards us is not only economic but cultural too. Even though we have overtaken them economically to become the

Tread carefully… there are great betrayals along this route!

   By Vijay Darda | 25-08-2025 Foreign policies cannot subdue India! The more you try to suppress us, the stronger we will rise At the recent Lokmat Global Economic Convention and the Global Sakhi Awards Ceremony held in London, the most discussed topic was whether powerful India could be subdued by certain foreign policies. Everyone I met at the event

Where are you dancing, Mr Munir?

   By Vijay Darda | 18-08-2025 Mukesh Ambani’s wealth is twice your country’s budget! You should have remembered your own old East! We’ve all been to a circus at some time. Amid the daredevil acts, there’s always a clown who does something silly to make us laugh and relieve the tension. You might be wondering why I’m bringing up the

The sleeping elephant has woken up, won’t stop now

   By Vijay Darda | 11-08-2025 India’s history has been very rich and our firm resolve will make our future strong The festival of our country’s independence begins from August 9 and all of you are free-thinking people of independent India. Under the tricolour, all of you are celebrating independence in your respective areas and I am celebrating the freedom

Why is Trump so upset with India?

   By Vijay Darda | 04-08-2025 While Pakistan is sitting in his lap, problems for India are steadily increasing The biggest question at this moment is why has Donald Trump, who used to be a staunch friend of India and who still calls India a friend, become so upset with India that he imposed heavy tariffs and embraced Pakistan as

After ‘cloud bomb’, ‘water bomb’ now?

   By Vijay Darda | 28-07-2025 From cloudburst in Leh to coronavirus, China is under cloud; is the dam on Brahmaputra its new weapon now? The general global consensus about China has always been that it can go to any extent to destroy others. That’s why China is always viewed with suspicion. Just last week, Chinese Premier Li Qiang laid

Are they workers or a gang of goons?

   By Vijay Darda | 21-07-2025 The incident of physical assault and use of expletives on Vidhan Bhavan premises has shamed entire Maharashtra Last week, a violent clash broke out between supporters of two MLAs on the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan premises. Abuses were hurled, including disgraceful references to each other’s mothers and sisters, and clothes were torn, creating a shameful